Charles Edward Leslie QUINN

Regimental number2615
Place of birthGumeracque, South Australia
SchoolGumeraque, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressMaitland, Yorkes Peninsula, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Quinn, Yorkes Peninsula, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets.
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Morea on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death23.2
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 15), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary QUINN, Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia